Combination paper sack dispenser and advertising device



I. A. LOWER Oct. 3, 1939.

COMBINATION PAPER SACK DISPENSER AND ADVERTISING DEVICE Filed Bay 2, 1938 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 I. A. LOWER Oct. 3, 1939.

COMBINATION PAPER SACK DISPENSER AND ADVERTISING DEVICE 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Meadow 7 Filed May 2, 1938 y g g laaaufi. Lower,

Patented Oct. 3, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Isaac A. Lower,

Wichita, Kanst,

assignor to Lower Manufacturing Corporation, Wichita,

Kans.

Application May 2, 1938, Serial No. 205,552

4 Claims.

My invention relates to an improvement in a combination paper sack dispensing and advertising device.

The object of my invention is to provide a device of the kind mentioned having the utility feature of carrying a large supply of various sized paper sacks which may be taken from the rack, one at a time as they are needed.

A further object is to provide a rack of the kind mentioned having advertising spaces thereon which advertising may be sold as a feature of income from the device.

A further object is to provide a device of the kind mentioned which may be folded up and packed in small space for purposes of storage or transportation.

A still further object is to provide a device of the kind mentioned, which is durable, easy and cheap to manufacture and simple to install for use in grocery stores and like places Where sacks are use These and other objects will be more fully explained as this description progresses.

' Now referring to the accompanying drawings,

Fig. 1 is a perspective View of the device showing it in its unfolded position as it would be ready for use. Part of the rack is shown as containing paper sacks while the balance is shown as being empty, for convenience of illustration. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the rack. Fig. 3 is a side view of the rack. Fig. 4 is an end view of the rack. Fig. 5 is a vertical cross sectional view of the rack. Fig. 6 is a detail view of the corner construction and associated parts of the rack. Fig. '7 is a perspective view of one of the upper ends of the rack showing the construction of the sack moving arms, support therefor, and method of mounting the same in the frame. The channel elements for holding advertising cards being omitted in this view for purposes of illustration. Fig. 8 is a detail perspective view of one of the lower ends of the device showing the construction of the sack sup-' porting grids and how it is held and mounted in the frame work. The channel elements for holding advertising cards being omitted in this view for purposes of illustration. Fig. 9 is a plan view of the frame work of the device in its folded posi-- tion.

Similar numerals of reference designate the same parts throughout the several figures of the drawings.

In the drawings is shown a frame work, the ends of which comprises a rectangular shaped wire frame I0 and Illa, to which is attached side frame members II and Ila, the ends of which are bent into an eye I2 through which pass the vertical legs of the rectangular frame I0 and Illa.

The side frames are provided with channel elements I3 and reverse channel elements I4, for the purpose of carrying advertising cards I5, and the end frame elements I0 and I00. are provided with channel elements I6 to carry the advertising cards H. The structure just described may be folded to the position shown in Fig. 9 for the purposes of compactness for storage or transportation.

The end frames Ill and Illa are provided with a vertically positioned rod I8 and cross rods I9 and 20, the ends of which are welded to the outside rectangular frames I0 and Ina.

At 2I is shown a stringer rod, the ends of which are bent in a hook formation 22 that is adapted to be hooked around the upper ends of the rod I8.

At 23 is another rod which is a duplicate of the rod 2|, including the hook formations which also hook around the rod I8, and at 24 is shown a series of tie wires which span betwen the rods 2I and 23 and are welded thereto so as to form a rigid frame of the rods 2| and 23 and the tie rods 24 therebetween. The hook ends of the wire 23 rests on the cross element I9 so as to form a support for the frame 2I-2324.

The side frames II and Ila are provided with a plurality of vertically positioned rods 25 which are welded to each of the cross members 26 to form a rigid side frame. Said vertical rods 25 being spaced in variable dsitances apart in proportion to the size sack that is to pass therebetween.

At 21 is a series of tie rods spanning the space between the sides I I and I la. and being looped around the vertical elements 25 so as to provide a rigid spacing element between the sides I I and I Ia and having a pivotal connection thereto so as to permit the folding of the frame work as shown in Fig. 9.

On the rod 2 I is a series of pairs of yoke elements 2829 the upper ends of which are provided with an eye through which passes the rod 2| so as to form a pivotal mounting for each of the yoke elements 28-29. Adjacent the upper ends of the yoke elements 2829 are tie elements 30, which are welded to the legs of the yoke elements 2829.

On the rod 2I and between the legs of the yoke element 29 is a pair of helical spring elements 3| the ends of which rest against the bars 30 and the springs being so tensioned as to cause the yoke elements 28 and 29 to spread toward the sides I I and I la of the frame work of the device.

At 32 is a rectangular frame of such size that it will fit between the bottom wire of the end frames l and I 011 and the bottom wire of the side frames I l and I I a. The frame 32 is provided with a central support member 33 that is welded to the ends of the frame 32.

At 34 is shown a series of cross bars that are welded to the frame 32 and the center support 33. The ends of the cross bars 34 extending beyond and resting on the lower wire II and Ha of the side frames, the ends of the cross bars 34 being turned into an upwardly projecting eye formation 35, to form a stop against which the lower edge of the sacks 36 may rest., The pairs of cross members 34 being so spaced apartas to accommodate the size of the sack which they are to support.

At 3! is a corner element, having channel shaped eges 38 which are adapted to be slipped in the channels [3 and [6 which also hold one edge. of the advertising cards l and [1, so as to provide a finished appearance to the corners of the raek, as well as a support to hold the rack in it's rectangular position.

It will be understood that the corner elements 31 may be slipped vertically into and. from posi- U01 so s o e i hefp d na at r of t device as shown in Fig. 9.

At the upper corners of the device is shown clips 39 which are welded to the side members II and I la of the frame. Said clips being provided with a hole so that awire may be attached thereto, the other end of which maybe attached to a ceiling or other supporting element for the frame.

The operation of the deviceis as follows: The paper sacks are stacked so that the bottom flaps 46 all stand in the same direction, whereupon the sacks may be entered into the frame by first entering the upper endsof the sacks against the yoke element 28, thereby pressing the yoke element 28 back against the tension of the springs 3| and then slipping the sacks upwardly behind,

the crosselements 26 and then moving the lower ends of the stacks of sacks inwardly and then downwardly until they are supported on a. pair of the cross members 34 andbehind the eye formation 35 so that the bottom flaps 40 arepresented to the exterior of the frame. 1,The sacks now are ready for use and may be removed from the dispenser by taking hold of the bottom .flap 40 and pulling downwardly and outwardly, whereupon thebottom of the sack is slipped over the retaining eye elements 35 and pulled from the rack, at which time the yoke element 28 will move the remaining sacks in the rack to the front and against the retaining eye elements 35 wherehaving aseries of supports for paper sacks rigidly attached thereto and being supported on the first said frame work, stop elements on the ends of said supports for said paper sacks, and means for moving said paper sacks on said supports so that the sacks rest against said stop elements.

2. In a dispensing device for paper sacks as defined .in claim 1; .said means for moving said paper sacks comprising a presser element that is pivotally mounted in the upper portion of said frame Work, and spring means for swinging said presser element against said sacks to move the sacks toward and against said stop elements. 3. In a dispensing device for paper sacks; a frame work, said frame work having a removable bottom frametherein, said bottom frame having a seriespf pairs of cross member sack supporting elements rigidly attached thereto and resting on and extending beyond the bottom portion of the first said framework, the outer ends of said pairs of supporting elements having stop elements thereon so that a bunch of sacks stood on end at each end of said supporting elements will have their lower ends retained thereon by said stop elements, and means intermediate said bunches of sacks for sliding said bunches of sacks in opposite directions on said supporting elements to engage said stopelements, and means in said frame work for supporting the upper ends of said sacks so as to make the sacks stand in a substantially vertical position.

4 In a dispensing device for paper sacks as defined in claim. 3;, said means for sliding said bunches of paper sacks comprising a series of pairs of presser elements that are pivotally mounted on a supporting element in the upper portion of said framework, and spring means between the two elements of each pair .of presser elements to swing the lower ends of the two elements, of each pair of presser elements in opposite directions so as to move the said bunches of sacks in opposite directions to bear against said stop elements. as andv for the purpose described.

. ISAAC A. LCWER. 

